Re: Autoconf distributions and xz dependency

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Eric Blake <eblake@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote on Fri,  2 Mar 2012
at 17:10:17 -0700 in <4F516169.9010601@xxxxxxxxxx>:

> Actually, this really is part of the reason - since xz is technically
> superior to gzip (better compression, same decompression speeds), we are
> doing users a favor by getting xz installed and commonly available in
> more places.

Generally speaking, if you think you are "doing a favor" by adding
a requirement, most people will disagree with you.

--jhawk@xxxxxxx
  John Hawkinson

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